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Tariff Increase Not Yet Approved - NERC - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 2
August 24, 2019
TheNigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, NERC says no tariff increase hasbeen approved by the commission yet.
NERC’sGeneral Manager, Public Affairs, Usman Arabi in a statement in Abuja said itwas still consulting with stakeholders.
Hesaid that the commission wished to notify the public that no tariff increasehad been approved by the commission contrary to the impression in somequarters.
Arabisaid that the commission wished to provide guidance that the minor reviewimplemented by the commission was a retrospective adjustment of the tariffregime released in 2015
Hesaid that this was to account for changes in macroeconomic indices for 2016,2017 and 2018, which provided certainty about revenue shortfall that may havearisen due to the differential between tariffs approved by the regulator andactual end-user tariffs.


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Tarin-Fuka: Akalla Mutane 18 Ke Mutuwa Kowace Sa’a A Fadin Nijeriya - Kwararru - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Abubakar Abubakar
March 15, 2019
Wasukwararru daga cibiyar hana yaduwar cutar tarin fuka ta Nijeriya, sun koka da yaddacutar ke yawan kisan mutane a fadin kasar nan.
Shugabancibiyar Lovett Lawson, ta ce akalla mutane 18 ke mutuwa duk sa’a daya a dalilinkamuwa da cutar.
Lawsonta bayyana haka ne, a wani zama da cibiyar ta yi domin daukar matakan da su kadace wajen wayar da kan mutane game da cutar a ranar cutar tarin fuka taduniya.
Andai kebe ranar 24 ga watan Maris domin wayar da kan mutane game da cutar a wanimataki na dakile hanyoyin yaduwar ta.
Lawsonta ce abin takaici ne, yadda duk kokarin da ake yi wajen hana yaduwar cutar,amma har yanzu ta na kara yaduwa inda yanzu haka Nijeriya ta na jerin kasashenAfrika da cutar ta yi wa katutu.
Tace rashin ba mutanen da ke dauke da cutar cikakkiyar kulawa, da rashin zuwaasibiti domin yin gwajin cutar na daga cikin matsalolin da ake fama da su.

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Taron Sulhu: Atiku Ya Gindaya Wa Shugaba Buhari Muhimman Sharudda - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 4
March 1, 2019
Dan takarar shugaban kasa na jam’iyyar PDP Atiku
Abubakar, ya gabbatar da wasu sharudda biyar da ya ke son Shugaba Muhammadu
Buhari ya cika, yayin wani taro da kwamitin zaman lafiya a karkashin jagorancin
Abdulsalami Abubakar.
Sharuddan kuwa sun hada da bude asusun bankunan ‘yan
jam’iyyar adawa da aka rufe, da janye sojoji daga wuraren zabubbukan da za a yi
nan gaba, a kuma rika tantance masu zabe kafin a fara kada kuri’u a sauran
zabubbukan da su ka yi saura, sannan a saki duk ‘yan siyasar da ake tsare da su
ba bisa ka’ida ba.
Haka kuma, Atiku ya bukaci hukumar zabe ta bude shafin
yanar gizo, ta yadda duk jam’iyyun siyasar da ke takara za su iya shiga su duba
yadda abubuwa ke gudana.
Ana sa ran kwamitin zaman lafiyar zai gana da Shugaba
Muhammadu Buhari domin gabatar masa da wadannan sharudda da Atiku Abubakar ya
gindaya.

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Task Force Mulls Guidelines To Ease Lockdown In Abuja, Lagos, Ogun - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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April 29, 2020
The Presidential Taskforce on COVID-19 is to develop guidelines for the easing of the lockdown in Abuja, Lagos and Ogun states.
Also, the Ministry of Health has set up a ministerial expert advisory committee, made up of eminent virologists, public health experts, infectious disease and diagnostic experts among others, to study the evolution of the coronavirus outbreak and the responses in Nigeria as well as advise on a national strategy and action plan.
Nigeria Centre for Disease Control NCDC is making sure that two million Nigerians are tested for the disease in the next three months.
Its Director General, Chikwe Ihekweazu, dropped the hint during the daily briefing of the Taskforce in Abuja.
He explained that no fewer than 50,000 people are to be tested in each state, adding that the move was to reduce the transmission of the virus.

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Tattara Kuri’u: INEC Ta Ce Da Karfe 6 Na Yamma Za Ta Bude Cibiyoyin Karfar Sakamako - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 2
February 23, 2019
ShugabanHukumar zabe mai ta kasa Farfesa Mahmood Yakubu ya ce da misalign karfe 6:00 nayammacin yau za ne aka bude cibiyoyin karbar sakamakon zaben shugaban kasa dana ‘yan majalisar tarayya a babbar shelkwatar hukumar da ke Abuja.
FarfasaYakubu ya bayyana hakan ne a lokacin da ya ke zantawa da manema labarai a aAbuja, sannan ya ce mutune 73, 000 ne masu sa-ido a harkokin zabe za su lura dayadda zaben ke gudana a fadin Nijeriya.
Yakara da cewa, miliyoyin  ‘yan Nijeriya zasu zabi wanda zai shugabnci su na tsawon shekaru hudu masu zuwa, tare da ‘yanmajalisar wakilai da na dattawa.
Indadai za iya tunawa, Hukumar zabe ta shirya gudanar da wannan zabe a rarar Asabardin da ta gabata, ammam wasu dalilai masu karfi suka sa dole ta dage zuwa yau asabar23 ga watan  fabrairu. wanda kawo yanzu‘yan Nijeriya na ci gaba da gudanar da zaben su kamar yadda aka tsara.
MukaddashinBabban Sifeton ‘yan sanda ya tabbatarwa da ‘yan Nijeriya cewa, sun tanaji ‘yansandan da za su kula da wannan zabe, cikin ikon Allah zai gudana lami lafiya.

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TAX Credit Scheme: FEC Approves N169.7bn For Reconstruction Of 4 Roads - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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May 19, 2022
Minister of works and Housing Babatunde Fashola made announced this when he briefed State House correspondents on the outcome of the Council meeting in Abuja.
He said the approval was in response to the tax credit scheme, initiated  in 2019 by President Buhari after signing Executive Order 7, to allow private sector finance public infrastructure in lieu of tax and then to offset it over time using tax credits. The two main memoranda relate to the uptake by the private sector in response to the tax credit programme, which we initiated in 2019, by the President signing of Executive Order 7 to allow private sector finance public infrastructure in lieu of tax and then to offset it over time, using tax credits.
Fashola also announced that the council gave approval to a private firm, Mainstream Energy Solutions, to invest over 74 billion naira in the reconstruction of three roads in Kebbi and Niger States.
On his part, the Minister of Information and Culture Lai Mohammed who briefed on behalf of his counterparts in Aviation, Power and Agriculture, said the Council approved about 3.5 billion naira for the purchase of a property in Abuja for the Ministry of Aviation.

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Tax Debt Payments Extended To August 31 - FIRS - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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July 8, 2020
The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has further extended the closing date of waiver of penalty and interest window on tax debts from June 30, 2020 to August 31, 2020.
The agency urged individuals and businesses to use the opportunity to make their payments.
FIRS Chairman, Muhammad Nami, made the announcement on Wednesday.
In a statement by the Director of Communications, Abdullahi Ahmad, Nami stated that the extension was part of palliative measures to cushion the effects of COVID-19 on the Nigerian economy.
Read This: Tax Waiver: FIRS Says Nigeria Lost N1.3trn In 5 Years
The extension applies to Tax Audit, Tax Investigation and Desk review assessments, Approved installment payment plans under Voluntary Assets and Income Declaration Scheme (VAIDS) yet to be fully liquidated.
Nami told taxpayers that there will be no further extension.
“Tax debtors are therefore enjoined to liquidate their outstanding tax liabilities on or before 31st August, 2020 in order to enjoy waiver of accumulated penalties and interests”, he urged.
He advised all concerned to contact their respective Tax Controller or the nearest FIRS Regional Debt Management Office for further enquiries.
“A list of all our offices is available on our website,” the statement added.


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Tax Evasion: ICPC Says Yar’adua Foundation, 29 Others To Lose Property Worth n4.8bn To FG - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 4
March 19, 2019
The IndependentCorrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, ICPC has moved toseize plots of land and buildings valued at 4.8 billion naira from the ShehuYar’adua Foundation and 29 other firms.
The Commission’s Spokesperson Rasheedat Okoduwa in a statement in Abuja said that theproperties included 22.9 hectares of undeveloped land, one plaza, and a blockof six two-bedroom flats located in Wuse, Zone-1, Abuja.
The statement addedthat in the course of investigations, the alleged owners of the propertydisclaimed ownership.
It further said thatthe move to seize the property spread around Abuja follows a petition to theICPC by the Federal Inland Revenue Service FIRS accusing the companies ofdefaulting in tax payments to the tune of 288.2 million naira.
Okoduwa said thatsection 37 of the Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Act 2000empowered the commission to seize assets alleged to be subject of an offenceunder the law.� �U���


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Tax Evasion: Okocha Settles With Court - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 4
March 1, 2019
FormerSuper Eagles captain, Austin ‘Jay Jay’ Okocha has doused worries over thepossibility of him going to jail, as the ex-international soccer star says hehas settled the issue that led to a Lagos court ordering his arrest.
JayJay says the matter is settled and there is no cause for concern,though, he feignedignorance of the development, saying he was not in the know about factors thatled to the arrest warrant in the first place, claims he had not been contactedover the matter.
He insisted further that he was not aware ofhis alleged failure to pay income tax, which led to Igbosere High Court inLagos Island issuing a bench warrant for his arrest.
The ex-international had been dragged to court by Lagos State Ministry of Justice on a three-count charge of failure to pay tax or make a return of his income, but Okocha says he was not formally contacted.


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Tax Regime: AGF Pledges Commitment To Efficiency Of Public Resources - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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October 15, 2021
Idris, represented by the Director in-charge of Consolidated Account at the Office of the AGF, Salawu Zubairu, said this at the closing ceremony of the two-day 2021 Tax-Week in Abuja.
According to him, topics selected for this year’s tax week are very clear and supportive of government’s desire to raise more revenue for financing its activities.
He commended the institute’s focus on stamp duties and proper ways to ensure efficiency in revenue collection, saying what is required in terms of deficit in infrastructure is actually need to spend more.
The Executive Chairman, Federal Inland Revenue Service FIRS, Mohammad Nami, described the theme of the event as apt in terms of revenue generation and debt financing.

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Tax Revenues: FIRS Partner On Recovery From Defaulting Companies - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 2
August 9, 2019
TheSpecial Presidential Investigation Panel for the Recovery of Public Property(SPIP) is to panel with the Federal Inland Revenue Service, FIRS, to recovertax revenues from companies who hitherto have been evading payment.
Thepanel spokesperson, Lucie-Ann Laha, in a statement issued in Abuja on Friday,said that the  Panel Chairman, OkoiObono-Obla, made this known when he received Mr Tunde Fowler, the FIRS Chairmanon a visit.
Obono-Oblaurged the FIRS to work with the panel to recover taxes and royalties owed theFederal Government by several oil companies amounting to billions of dollars.
Heinformed Fowler that the panel had uncovered about 1, 500 properties in Dubai,UAE, owned by Nigerians for which due taxes were not being paid to the Nigeriangovernment.
TheFIRS Chairman confirmed that both agencies had indeed been working together inthe past.
Fowlersaid that the deployment of ICT to the FIRS operations had among other things,reinforced internal controls which also helped to reduce fraud and bottlenecksin tax administration.

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TAX: RMAFC Explains Involvement In Monitoring, Verification - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 2
June 24, 2019
The RevenueMobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission, RMAFC says on-going monitoringand verification exercise on tax collections by Deposit Money Banks appointedby FIRS and Customs is within its mandate.
It said this ina statement issued by Mr Ibrahim Mohammed, Head, Public Relations inAbuja, adding that the exercise was in order.
Mohammed said ascontained in Section 6(1) of the RMAFC Act, 2004, the mandate provided that thecommission should have powers to among others, monitor accruals toand disbursement of revenue from the Federation Account.


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Tax Waiver: FIRS Says Nigeria Lost N1.3trn In 5 Years - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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February 14, 2020
TheFederal Inland Revenue Services, FIRS says Nigeria lost about 1.3 trillionnaira to granting of tax waivers to companies operating in three sectors of theeconomy in the last five years.
FIRS’Chairman, Muhammad Nami made this known at an investigative hearing organisedfor revenue generating agencies in the country hearing organised by the SenateCommittee on Finance.
TheRevenue Boss, while making his remark, said when resumed office, he realisedthat from the waivers alone, the service reviewed just three sectors, a totalsum of 1.3 trillion naira was lost as tax revenue in five years. He also notedthat service issues with funding of its operations, given the huge personnelcost of the organisation.
TheGroup Managing Director, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, Mele Kyari,while making a remark, said there was the need to energise the petroleum sectorto generate more fund for the country.
Earlier,President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan in his remark, said the senate would beengaging the revenue generating agencies in the country quarterly on theirrevenue generating activities into the federation account.

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Taya Murna: Shugabannin Kungiyar Kiristoci Sun Ziyarci Shugaba Buhari A Abuja - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Abubakar Abubakar
March 29, 2019
Shugabankasa Muhammadu Buhari ya ba shugabannin kungiyar kiristoci ta Nijeriya tabbacinbarin Nijeriya fiye da yadda ya same ta a shekara ta 2015.
Yayinda ya karbi bakuncin shugabannin kungiyar a karkashin  jagorancin Reberan Samson Ayokunle, shugabaBuhari ya bada tabbacin cewa, gwamnatin sa za ta cigaba da magance muhimmankalubalen da Nijeriya ke fuskanta, musamman harkar tsaro da tattalin arziki da cinhanci da rashawa.
Kungiyardai ta ziyarci fadar shugaban kasa ne domin taya shugaba Buhari murnar samunnasarar lashe zabe.
Daya ke bayyana ra’ayin sa a kan rawar da kungiyoyin addini su ka taka a shekaruhudun da ya yi ya na mulki, Buhari ya sha alwashin ci-gaba da nuna goyon bayanshirye-shiryen da kungiyar addini ke gabatarwa, mai dauke da manufar kawo zamanlafiya da kwanciyar hankali da hadin kai a Nijeriya.


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TB: Aisha Buhari Advocates Synergy To End Epidemic In Nigeria - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Abubakar Abubakar
March 21, 2019
The wife of the President Aisha Buhari, has advocated for moresynergy among stakeholders to end the spread of tuberculosis epidemic inNigeria.
Aisha made the call at the TB Outreach Programme organised byher Future Assured initiative in collaboration with Stop TB Partnership inNigeria, an NGO in Abuja. The programme was organised to commemorate the WorldTuberculosis Day at Kobe Villa, Kuruduma District in Abuja.
The wife of the president, who led the awareness campaign to thevillage, urged Nigerians to go for regular tuberculosis test and treatment toensure that TB was eliminated in Nigeria.
Aisha therefore urged tuberculosis patients to take theirmedication regularly as the ailment was curable. She also called on Nigeriansto go for regular diagnosis for early detection and treatment to ensure theelimination of the killer disease.
The United Nations Committee on Tuberculosis, TB in 2018 appointedAisha Buhari as the UN Special Ambassador to end TB in the country.


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Teachers To Enjoy New Salary Structure From Jan -FG - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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October 1, 2021
Nwajiuba made this known, in Abuja at a symposium organised by the Ministry of Education.
The symposium is part of activities to mark the forthcoming 2021 World Teachers Day with the theme “Teachers at the Heart of Education Recovery”.
The minister, who was represented by the Permanent Secretary in the ministry, Sonny Echono, noted that work was being concluded on the enhanced salary structure.
He further disclosed work was also being concluded on other incentives promised by the president during the 2020 World Teachers’ Day.

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Teaching: New Retirement Age Takes Effect Jan. 1 – Minister - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 4
January 22, 2021
The minister, who spoke on at the 2020 ministerial briefing in Abuja, said the policies took effect from January 1.
Adamu however said that there would not be a uniform take-off date for all the other policies approved by President Muhammadu Buhari at the 2020 World Teachers Day.
He said that effective dates for other policies would be announced subsequently after the submission of the report of the National Coordinating Committee.
Prior to the approval of the new retirement age and years of service by the president, the retirement age of teachers in the country was 60 years or 35 years in service.

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Team Nigeria Optimistic Of Grabbing U-19 Cricket World Cup Ticket Coach Says - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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August 29, 2022
Report says that a total of nine countries will participate in the 10-day Africa qualifiers.
Only the winners of the qualification tournament will get the sole ticket to the maiden Under-19 Women’s Cricket World Cup in South Africa in January.
The coach said the team hopes to replicate the feat of their male counterparts who qualified Nigeria to its first-ever World Cup appearance in 2019.
Nigeria is expected to begin its campaign against Rwanda in the opening game of the tournament on Saturday, before facing Mozambique, Malawi and Tanzania in Group A fixtures.


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Team Nigeria Paralympians Land In Japan, Set To Wipe Memories Of Tokyo 2020 - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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August 16, 2021
Nigeria is to participate in four events at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. The events include; Powerlifting, Para-Athletics, Para-Table Tennis and Para Rowing.
Speaking ahead of the Games, Captain of Team Nigeria Paralympians, Lucy Ejike assured Nigerians that they were not going to disappoint in Tokyo.
She also pledged that Nigeria was going the Games to improve on the previous world records set in some of the events.
Also speaking on the same level of optimism, Para Power-lifter, Nnamdi Innocent, expressed appreciation to the Sports Minister, Chief Sunday Dare for his motivation for the team.
The Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games will be Nigeria’s 8th consecutive appearance since her debut at the inaugural edition at Barcelona Paralympic Games in 1992.


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Technology: Civil Societies Endorse Conduct Of Elections Electronically - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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September 28, 2021
Convener of the group Ene Obi told a news conference in Abuja that the insistence became imperative because INEC had proven that it could conduct electronic elections. She noted that situation Room and the EU Support to Democratic Governance in Nigeria, the implementing partners have called on the National Assembly to show selflessness in decision-making.
The Convener of the also said INEC’ had shown that it had adequate capacity to apply technology in elections, including the transmission of results. She added that the capacity had been proven during off-cycle elections and through INEC’s use of the Z-pad and more recently the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System.
Another member of Situation Room, Cynthia Mbamalu emphasised that the group recommended the adoption of the Senate’s version of Clause 43, which recognised that INEC could use voting devices alongside election materials. She also called on the harmonisation committee to adopt the Senate’s version of Clause 49, which recognises the use of other technological devices alongside smartcard readers for voter accreditation.

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Technology Critical To Agricultural Development, Says NITDA DG - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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May 20, 2022
Inuwa said ICT could guarantee cash flow and be a major contributor to the nations’ Gross Domestic Product GDP.
Inuwa said this this while receiving the Co-Founder of Corporate Farmers International CFI Akinwale Alabi, and his team at the Agency’s headquarters in Abuja.
This was made known in a statement signed by Head, Public Affairs, NITDA Hadizar Umar.
Inuwa noted that disruptive innovation, using emerging technologies, would create new markets and easy access to new products and services.
According to him, there is need to create value chain, and platform to bring farmers, up takers and financial institutions together.
He said that would ease the purchase of goods and services through orders placed on the platform, and that a logistics company could also be requested to pick up and deliver the item ordered.


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Technology Critical To Economic Growth –Pantami - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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November 14, 2022
The minister Isa Pantami, made the observation at the second annual general meeting of the Relevant Technology Old Students Association, RETOSA in Jos.
He explained that functional relevant technology education would impact the necessary skills on the people, adding that vocational training would address unemployment in the country.
In his remarks, Governor of Plateau state, Simon Lalong maintained that the state government had put modalities on ground to improve relevant technology education in the state, adding that it had approved the recruitment of more teachers for centres across the state. Adding that government had mandated agencies, ministries and departments, including contractors, to patronise the centres by buying their products to make them self-reliant.

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Technology: Federal Government Resolves To Digitalise Economy - Comm. Minister - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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December 18, 2019
The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, AliPantami has expressed the Federal Government’s resolve to move the nation’seconomy to a digital one.
He announced this at the launching of an InformationTechnology and Innovation Centre by the National Informational TechnologyDevelopment Agency, NITDA at the University of Port-Harcourt.
The Minister said the facility, known as InformationTechnology Innovation and Incubation Park building, would be used to developideas to end the nation’s dependence on crude oil. He added that the policy isderived after the ministry came up with idea of establishing IT skills-centresall over the country.
Earlier, Vice-Chancellor, University of Port Harcourt NdowaLale, commended Federal government for citing the South-South IT centre in theinstitution.
On his part, the Director-General of NITDA, KashifuAbdullahi, said that the World Bank had rated Nigeria as one of the countrieswith improved-Ease of Doing Business.

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Technology: Federal Government To Deploy 5g Network Soon – Minister - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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August 23, 2021
The Federal Government is set to deploy the Five Generation network, 5G in Nigeria for increased connectivity.
Minister of Communication and Digital Economy Isa Pantami announced this in Abuja when he featured on FORUM, a special News Agency of Nigeria, NAN interview programme. He noted that the resolution to deploy the network followed an outcome of thorough investigations, research and trial absolving it of posing security or health threat.
Pantami  explained that work on the national policy on 5G stands at 95 per cent done and will be presented to the Federal Executive Council, FEC in due course.
The Minister, who said the main concern of government was to ensure security and welfare of Nigerians in their utilisation of services in the telecommunications sector, blamed the delay in the deployment of the 5G network on conspiracy theories. He added that the ministry had started discussions with the Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC concerning spectrum for commercial purposes


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Technology: FIFA Approves New Football Rules - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 2
August 3, 2019
TheInternational Football Association Board, IFAB has officially agreed a numberof amendments and clarifications to the current laws of the game on June 12019.
The association said it is not the first time rules of the game have been nipped and it probably will not be the last as administrators continue to figure out the best way forward in a world of changing technology.
Read: Nigeria Moves 12 Spots Up, Now 33rd
Amongsome changes are Substituted players can leave the field anywhere.
Whena player is withdrawn they will no longer have to leave the field at thehalfway line and will instead be permitted to leave the pitch at the nearestpoint. Also there will be no rebounds from penalties.

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Technology: Minister Reiterates FG’s Commitment To Support Inventions - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Abubakar Abubakar
April 9, 2019
The Minister of Science and Technology, Ogbonnaya Onu reiterates the federal government’s commitment to support and encourage inventions in the country.
Onu said this during the presentation of fire proof crystal ceiling board made of fiber glass and raisin by an inventor, on Tuesday in Abuja.
The minister said the ministry is devoted, dedicated and working hard to encourage Nigerians who are innovating products and services that can help create jobs and grow the country’s Gross Domestic Products GDP.
He further assured of the ministry’s commitment to ensure that inventors benefit from their efforts as a way of attracting others to go into inventions.
Onu, however, emphasised that the ministry’s support to inventors in terms of finances or provision of equipment to boost research and innovations would be competitive.
He urged the organised private sector to work with the inventor of the fibre glass ceiling board with a view to commercialising it.


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Technology: NCC Says Nigeria Is Almost Ready For 5g - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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July 17, 2019
The Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC has said that with more than thirty three percent broadband penetration, hundreds of kilometres of fibre cables laid across the country, about five Infrastructure Companies, Infracos licensed and a seventy percent broadband target in few years’ time, Nigeria is almost ready for the latest telecom technology-5Generation,
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The new NCC Director of Public Affairs, HenryNkemadu stated this when he led a team of top officials of the commission on acourtesy visit to the headquarters of Daily Trust newspapers in Abuja.
Nkemadu said the commission’s  work and activities affect the overalldevelopment of Nigeria’s economy hence the need for it to always key in to anynew technology.He said hundreds ofkilometres of fibre cables have been laid across the country and the broadbandpenetration is increasing by the day. He said the NCC was already makingfrantic efforts to hit seventy per cent broadband penetration in few years’ time


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Technology: Nigeria Will Not Allow Misuse Of 5G – Minister - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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August 30, 2021
Minister of Communication and Digital Economy, Isa Ali Pantami stated this when he received the Security and Emergency Management Award, SAEMA for his implementation of policies against cyber-attacks and related crimes.
Executive Secretary, Centre for Crisis Communication, CCC Yusuf Anas applauded Pantami for facilitating projects protecting internet users and countering criminals’ activities.
He also noted that establishment of the Computer Emergency Response and Readiness Team, CERRT had increased Nigeria’s cyber-security capacity. The Emergency Response monitors the cyberspace to detect and mitigate potential threats and attacks.
The Minster in his remarks, recalled that since assuming office, security agencies have been getting the ministry’s support regarding technology.
Pantami while, commenting on 5G technology explained that the government started the process in 2020 but was confronted with the COVID-19 conspiracy theory.


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Technology Solution To Effective Border Management – NIS - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 2
October 11, 2019
The Comptroller General, Nigeria ImmigrationService, Muhammad Babandede, says technology and well trained personnel wouldguarantee effective border security and management.
Babandede said this in a statement by the servicePublic Relation Officer PRO, Sunday James, in Abuja.
He said that this would promote economicdiversification, more jobs, and business opportunities for entrepreneurs in thecountry.
He also said that measures deployed by governmentespecially the on-going Operation Swift Response by the National SecurityAdviser had helped combat the menace.
He assured that the border drill would continue tobe a practice by the NIS as the Federal Government continue to harness thebenefits of a safe border and Nation.

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Technology: U.S Charges African Start-Ups On Innovation To Ensure Good Governance - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 4
March 27, 2019
TheU.S. Consulate General has urged African technology start-ups to developinnovations that would ensure good governance in the continent.
TheU.S. Consulate Public Affairs Officer, Russell Brooks, gave the advise onWednesday in Lagos, during the Young African Leaders Initiative TechCamp ReconnectWorkshop.
Brookssaid that everyday there were evidence of the critical need for greater effortsin good governance in the African continent.
Hesaid that there was the need for real solutions to some of the most vexingissues facing government in Nigeria and elsewhere.
Brookssaid the American Consulate was pleased to host the YALI TechCamp ReconnectWorkshop, which aimed to accelerate the development of innovative technologysolutions.
ThePublic Affairs Officer said that workshop was to accelerate digital strategiesfor strengthening democratic governance, transparency and citizen engagement.


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Technology: We’ll Invest More To Drive Development – Buhari - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 2
July 23, 2019
PresidentMuhammadu Buhari says opening up space for creativity and innovation withdigital skills will play a significant role in providing jobs for youths andgrowing the economy.
The President stated this when he received Letters of Credence from the Ambassador of Portugal to Nigeria, Luis Filipe Ribeiro Da Silva Barros, at the State House, Abuja today.
Read: NCC Says Nigeria Is Almost Ready For 5g
Hesaid the wave of technological growth across the globe had provided more opportunitiesfor development of countries willing to retool and build capacities in areas ofneed.
ThePresident said “many hands in the country are willing and waiting to bemeaningfully engaged’’, urging the ambassador to focus on building strongereconomic ties with Nigeria that would be mutually rewarding.
Inhis remarks, the Portuguese ambassador said he had already discovered start-upcompanies in many parts of the country.
Heassured that partnerships would enhance the capacity of the small businesses especiallyin areas of agriculture, academics, vocational skills and security.


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Tegina Kidnap: Gunmen Free 93 Islamiyya Students Three Months After Abduction - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Publisher (A.M)
August 27, 2021
But one of the pupils died in the captors’ den.
The head teacher, Abubakar Alhassan did not say if any ransom was
paid and how the pupils were released.
The gunmen had abducted the schoolchildren from their school in Rafi
Local Government Area of Niger State on May 30th.
They demanded a ransom of ₦110 million and threatened to kill the
victims but eleven of the students were released later, according to the
Niger State Government.
The State Government had earlier ruled out the payment of ransom.
The governor of the North-Central state, Sani Bello had earlier ruled out
paying ransom to the abductors.

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Tegina School Abduction: Six Of 136 Kidnapped Islamic Students Die In Captivity - Principal - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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August 24, 2021
He said the kidnappers had called to say the children died from sickness
and to urge that the ransom demand be met.
Bandits attacked Salihu Tanko Islamic School in Tegina, Rafi local
government area of Niger State on Sunday, May 30, 2021, and
kidnapped 136 people, including three teachers.
They have since demanded a ransom to release the students.
Bandits and other criminal gangs have carried out a series of raids on
boarding schools in northern Nigeria in which more than 1,000 students
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Telecom: Federal Government Insists On Implementing 5% Tariff Hike On Calls, Data - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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August 12, 2022
Federal Ministry of Finance Budget and National Planning in a statement insisted that the tariff increment will go on despite resistance from Minister of Communication and Digital Economy Isa Ali Pantami.
It also maintained that the government will begin “the implementation of five percent excise duty tax on all voice calls, SMS and data services, in addition to the existing 7.5 percent Value Added Tax, VAT paid for goods and services across all sectors of the economy”.
Minister of Finance Budget and National Planning Zainab Ahmed made the disclosure at a stakeholders’ meeting organised by the Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC the telecoms industry regulator.
Zainab, who was represented by the Assistant Director, Tax Policy, Finance Ministry Musa Umar, explained that henceforth, the five percent excise duty will be collected by telecom operators and payment made to the federal government on a monthly basis, on or before 21st of every month.
The Minister, while reacting to Communication Minister’s resolve to resist the tariff hike, noted the five percent excise duty has been in the Finance Act 2020, but has never been implemented.


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Telecom: NCC Blames Multiple Taxation For Hindering Investment In Sector - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 4
June 27, 2019
The Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC has said multiple taxation and regulation of the telecoms industry discourage investments and deny government of long-term revenues as well as destroy the foundations for future growth.
The Executive Commissioner of the NCC, Sunday Dare, disclosed this during the South-East edition of the NCC Stakeholders’ Parliament themed: “Optimizing the Benefits of Telecoms Infrastructure in Nigeria” held in Enugu.
He emphasized that it was a matter of great worry that at this point in Nigeria’s history,the country is still talking about protecting telecoms infrastructure from interference by agencies of government, or from multiple taxation and regulations, when all levels of government should actually be the ones encouraging and incentivizing operators to build infrastructure in their domains.
Represented at the occasion by Head, Compliance Monitoring at NCC, Alkassim Umar, Dare said the NCC must take a long-term view of the need to provide a conducive environment for the spread of telecoms infrastructure, “be they BTS sites or fibre infrastructure.


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Telecom: NCC, FRC Partner On Corporate Governance Compliance In Sector - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 4
April 19, 2019
The Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC And Financial Reporting Council Of Nigeria, FRC Say They Will Partner To Strengthen Corporate Governance Compliance In The Telecommunications Sector.
NCC’s Executive Commissioner Stakeholder Management, Sunday Dare Made This Known In A Statement. He  Was Speaking During A Courtesy Visit By The Management And Board Of FRC To The Commission In Abuja.
Dare Received The FRC Team On Behalf Of The Executive Vice Chairman Of The Commission, Umar Danbatta
Dare Said That The Commission Was Ready To Provide Its Full Support By Working With The Council To Entrench The Best Corporate Governance Practices In All Sectors Of The Nigerian Economy.
He Said That NCC Believes That Sound Corporate Governance Was Significant For Meaningful Growth And Economic Development.
He Noted That The FRC Also Launched The Nigerian Code Of Corporate Governance In 2018 To Achieve The Same Objectives As The NCC Code On An Economy-Wide Basis.


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Telecom: NCC Says Operators Engage In 14,639 Porting Activities In February - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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April 22, 2019
The Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC said that telecommunications operators carried out over fourteen thousand Mobile Number Portability activities in February.
The commission made this known in its “Incoming and Outgoing Porting Activities of Mobile Network Operators’ Report”. It said in the report that over ten thousand subscribers ported within the networks in January, hence an increase of more than three thousand activities in February.
It said that out of the over fourteen porting activities recorded in February, more than seven thousand  were “Incoming Porting Activities, while over six thousand, nine hundred were “Outgoing Porting Activities’’.
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Telecom: Ncc To Decommission 693 Abandoned Masts - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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August 13, 2019
The Nigerian CommunicationsCommission, NCC may neutralize over six hundred and ninety telecoms mastsalleged to have been abandoned in several parts of the country.
The commission gave owners of themast ninety-days to rehabilitate, commence usage or dismantle and remove themasts/towers from the relevant locations.
Director of Public Affairs of thecommission,  Henry Nkemadu said it issued guidelines on technicalspecifications for the Installation of Telecommunications Masts and Towers in2009 to provide for various issues including the appropriate maintenance oftelecommunications masts and towers.
Though the Commission was notforthcoming about the operators that are likely to own the masts, furtherchecks showed that larger percentage of the abandoned masts might belong tosome Code Division Multiple Access, CDMA operators.


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Telecom: Ncc To Prosecute Fraudulent Sim Registration Culprits - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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April 24, 2019
The Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC saysthat it will henceforth prosecute those involved in fraudulent registration ofSIM card.
The commission said it would no longer be businessas usual, threatening that anyone caught would be made liable to face twentyyears imprisonment as prescribed by the law.
The NCC Executive Commissioner, StakeholderManagement Sunday Dare made this known at the South-South RegionalSensitisation Workshop on the dangers of fraudulently-activated SIM cards inPort Harcourt, Rivers state.
According to a statement in Abuja, Dare wasrepresented at the forum by NCC Director, Compliance Monitoring and EnforcementEfosa Idehen, said past efforts to educate and sanction fraudulent SIM cardregistration operators had failed to yield results, hence the legalperspective. He said added that year of continuous fight against the fraudulentoperators started in 2012.


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Telecom: NCC Warns Consumers Against Unauthorised SIM Swaps - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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December 11, 2019
The Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC has warnedtelecom consumers of unauthorised SIM swap and other fraudulent activities bydubious individuals who take advantage of innocent citizens, asserting that thefull wrath of the law would be visited on culprits.
Speaking at the 4th Quarter Open Forum of the IndustryConsumer Advisory Forum, ICAF, at the NCC Annex office, Mbora, Abuja, theDirector of Consumers Affairs Bureau of the Commission, Felicia Onwuegbuchulamsaid the Commission with security agencies are on the lookout for fraudsterswho use the telecom platforms to defraud innocent Nigerians.
She said there has been growing concerns in the industry onthe exploitation of the SIM-card replacement process to defraud citizens,adding that the on-going discussions with critical stakeholders were aimed atcheckmating the menace.
She said, financial fraud using telecoms platforms has beenon the front-burner for both the financial and telecom sectors in recent time.

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Telecom Services: NCC Blocks 2m Improperly Registered SIM Cards - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 2
September 27, 2019
The Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC has blockedabout 2.224 million improperly registered SIM cards from telecom services.
Earlier, the Federal Government had given the NCC up to lastWednesday to cut off all SIM cards not properly registered by their owners fromtelecom networks.
The Minister of Communications, Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami gavethe directive in Abuja, after he inaugurated the newly constituted NCC boardtwo weeks ago.
Pantami observed that it was the federal government’s hopethat the spate of kidnapping and banditry would be drastically reduced if allthe unregistered SIM cards being used by criminals were blocked.
Meanwhile, NCC’s Director of Public Affairs, Henry Nkemaduconfirmed that all the improperly registered SIMS had been deactivated fromtelecom networks.
Also the Chairman of the Association of TelecommunicationsOperators of Nigeria, ALTON, Gbenga Adebayo, said the operators were notresponsible for the issue as they complied with NCC’s rule on SIM registration.

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Telecomms: Reps Query NCC Over Telecoms Service Coverage Fund. - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Publisher (A.M)
May 11, 2023
The House had invited regulators and operators in the telecommunication sector over poor coverage and spread of their services in Nigeria.
While the Executive Vice-Chairman of the NCC, Umar Garba Danbatta, appeared before the House, other invitees, including the Federal Ministry of Communication and Digital Economy,
MTN Nigeria, Airtel Nigeria, Globacom and 9Mobile, either sent representatives or failed to appear before the parliament.
They were, therefore, summoned by the House’ Ad Hoc Committee on the Need to Investigate Failure/Inability of the Nigerian Communications Commission to Promote Widespread Availability and Usage of Mobile Telecommunication Network Services throughout Nigeria As Well As Accruals/Utilisation of Funds in the Universal Service Provision Fund.
Chairman of the committee, Bamidele Salam, pointed out that there was no specific description of what was done in the contracts as they were couched in a manner that they would be hard to track. According to him, 80 per cent of the projects had no specific location.
Consequently, the committee resolved that the NCC should provide the specific address, description and specification of each of the projects whose contracts were awarded and listed in the 91-page document submitted.


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Telecommunication Day: Shittu Harps On Need To Bridge Standardization Gap In ICT - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Publisher (J.T)
May 18, 2019
Ministerof Communications, Adebayo Shittu, in Abuja, stressed the need for the countyto bridge the standardisation gap in the Information CommunicationTechnology,ICT sector.
Theminister said this on the occasion of the World Telecommunication andInformation Society Day celebrated annually on May 17 to raise awareness ontelecom and information gap among societies.
Thetheme of this year’s celebration is “Bridging the Standardisation Gap.
Representedby the Director, Radio Monitoring and Survey, Ministry of Communications.KilyobasBinga, Shittu said that the essence of the call was to ensure that the countryexperienced economic benefits of associated technological developments.
Accordingto him, the purpose of the World Telecommunication and Information Society Dayis to help raise awareness of the possibilities that the use of internet andother ICTs can bring development to societies and economies, as well as bridgethe digital divide.


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Telecommunications: NCC Says Active Subscribers Increase By 31,273 - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 2
July 23, 2019
TheNigerian Communications Commission NCC has said that the active subscribers onthe telecommunication networks increased by 31,273 in May 2019.
Thetelecommunications regulator made this known in its Monthly Subscriber/OperatorData made available on its website on Tuesday.
Theactive subscribers on the telecommunications networks increased from173,641,060 in April to 173,672,333 in May.
Accordingto the data, 173,405,294 of the 173,672,333 active users subscribed to theGlobal System for Mobile Communications GSM network services.
TheGSM operators’ active customers’ figure increased by 21,491 in May after the173,383,803 subscribers recorded in April 2019.
Theregulatory body said that Section 89, Subsection 3 of the NigerianCommunications Act, 2003 mandated it to monitor and report the state of thetelecommunications industry.


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Telecoms: FG Approves National Policy On 5G Network - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Publisher (A.M)
September 8, 2021
This is according to the the Minister of Communications and Digital
Economy, Isa Pantami, who addressed journalists in Abuja after the
weekly Federal Executive Council in Abuja on Wednesday.
He explained that the benefits that accrue from employing such network
include larger capacity, higher data rates among other economic, health,
security and educational opportunities.
According to the Minister, the radiation from the 5G has proven to be
lower than the 4G, televisions or micro waves, contrary to stories
peddled on social media.
There have been concerns about the deployment of the 5G
communications network especially over its purported linkage with the
COVID-19 outbreak.
5G is the fifth generation technology standard for broadband cellular
networks, which cellular phone companies began deploying worldwide
in 2019, and is the planned successor to the 4G networks which provide
connectivity to most current cellphones.

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Telecoms: FG To Revisit Resolutions On ‘Right Of Way’ - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 4
May 24, 2019
The Federal Government says it will revisit the National Economic Council Resolutions on Right of Way, ROW in the telecommunications industry.
The Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo stated this in Lagos at the Nigerian Telecom Leadership Summit 2019. The summit was organised by the Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC with the theme, ‘Repositioning the Nigerian Telecom Industry for the Future: Prospects and Challenges’.
Represented by the Special Adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari on Political Matters, Babafemi Ojudu, Osinbajo said that a revisit would compel state governments to implement the resolutions.
The National Economic Council, NEC has approved a policy to harmonise ROW charges being paid by telecommunication companies and related public utility infrastructure on local government, state, and federal highways.
A former Minister of Communication Technology, Omobola Johnson said that an Executive Order would swiftly address the issues of ROW and multiple taxation in the telecommunications industry.


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Telecoms: NCC Says Infrastructure Vandalism Affecting Service - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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August 23, 2019
TheNigerian Communications Commission, NCC says the spate of vandalism of telecomsinfrastructure across the country has resulted in slowing the pace of growth ofservices.
TheDirector, Zonal Operations, NCC, Amina Shehu raised the concern on Friday at aprogramme to sensitise the Eggon community, near Lafia, Nassarawa, toprotection of telecoms infrastructure.
Thedirector, specifically frowned at the state of vandalism, theft and hostilityfrom some host communities stressing that telecom facilities should be treatedas collectively owned infrastructure.
Shehu,who was represented by Abubakar Usman, Principal Manager, Zonal Operation, NCC,said the telecom sector had contributed and recorded not less than 10 per centgrowth in the nation’s Gross Domestic Product .
Shesaid the programme was aimed at enlightening the public and other stakeholderson the need to protect telecom infrastructure within their communities.
Shesaid it would also create awareness about the importance of telecommunicationinfrastructure and ensure that telecom consumers get satisfaction from thequality of service.


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Telecoms: Operators Protest Against Tax On GSM, Cable TV Subscriptions - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 2
October 4, 2019
Telecommunications operators havecriticized the plans by the National Assembly to impose taxes on Global Systemfor Mobile, GSM and cable television subscriptions and services in the country.
The operators under the aegis of theAssociation of Telecommunications Companies of Nigeria, ATCON the body saidimposing such tax at the moment would amount to double taxation, andsubsequently impact the economy negatively.
The Bill for an Act to establish theCommunication Service Tax was sponsored by a former Senate Leader, Ali Ndume.
A bill for an Act to introduce taxon communication and cable television services scaled first reading at theSenate.
It was learnt, that the introductionof the tax was to replace the two point two per cent increase in the ValueAdded Tax, VAT being planned by the Federal Government.
But the ATCON President OlusolaTeniola recalled that the Communications Service Tax, CST put at nine per centwas previously suspended by the 8 National Assembly.

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Telecoms: Operators Seek Review Of Taxes, Levies - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 4
February 22, 2019
The Association of Licensed TelecommunicationsOperators of Nigeria
has urged the Federal Government to look into theTax and Levy
Amended Order 2015.
The Executive Secretary of ALTON, Gbolahan Awonuga,said on that
the “Tax and Levy Amended Order 2015’’ was signed bya former
Minister of Finance, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala.
Awonuga said that the order had created a lot ofconfusion in the taxes
and levies regime, making the environment harsh forbusiness and not
minding government’s Ease of Doing Businessprogramme.
He said that in Nigeria today, most of theregulatory bodies had left the
regulatory functions and now turned to revenuegenerating bodies and
bringing about multiple taxation and regulation.
According to him, telecommunications operations arenot isolated to the
ecosystem, as the cost of running business inNigeria, especially
telecommunications is triple the cost of runningsame in Ghana and
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Telecoms Sector Contributed 10% To Nigeria’s GDP In Q1 Of 2019 – Buhari - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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August 20, 2019
President Muhammadu Buhari says the telecommunications sector contributed 10 per cent to Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Product GDP in the first quarter of 2019.
Buharisaid this at the 2019 Conference of African Telecommunications Regulators onConsumer Affairs, CATCO in Abuja.
He advised the telecommunications industry to play bigger roles in economic growth and development in Africa.
Read This: SIM: NCC To Launch Phase-2 Verification
The2019 edition of CATCO with the theme: “Empowering the Telecom Consumer in anEra of Technological Evolution” is expected to critically examine, analyse andidentify the strength and weaknesses of the regulators.
Italso wants to examine how telecoms regulators can empower the consumers in thisera of technological evolution.
Accordingto documents from the Nigeria Communications Commission NCC, the first editionof the conference was held in 2013.


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Telecoms Shutdown: Network Blackout Affecting Our Economic Wellbeing, Zamfara Residents Lament - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 4
September 28, 2021
The total shutdown of telecommunications services was announced on September 3 and was supposed to last two weeks. Now on its 25th day, feelers from government circles have revealed that the shutdown may be indefinite for now, as the Federal Government says it wants to consolidate on grounds covered so far, and ensure a total crackdown on bandits in the state and neighbouring communities.
Residents are however decrying the disruption the shutdown is causing them. According them, the situation has grounded the economy, with prices of food items now far above 100 per cent for the few ones that are available, while some are already out of reach.
They also complain of not getting access to bank’s Automated Teller Machines, ATMs, while many residents have lost their means of income since the mobile phone services were shut down.


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Telecoms Subscribers: Commission Bars Nigerians Below 18 Years From Getting Sim - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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October 6, 2021
I was gathered that the Licensee refers to ‘a provider of communications services that utilises a subscription medium in the Federal Republic of Nigeria’. The procedures were made in line with the powers conferred upon the commission by section 70 of the Nigerian Communications Act, 2003.
In accordance with Section 57 of the Act, the NCC conducted a Public Inquiry on the Registration of Telephone Subscribers Regulations, alongside the draft SIM Replacement Guidelines and the draft Spectrum Trading Guidelines at its head office in Abuja on Tuesday.
NCC’s Executive Commissioner Stakeholders’ Management Adeleke Adewolu noted that the public inquiry is an opportunity that enables the commission develop and review its regulatory instruments by incorporating the comments and suggestions of industry stakeholders.

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Teledensity: 1.23 Million Telecoms Subscribers Join Networks As Internet Growths Slows - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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January 10, 2022
The Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC in a latest subscription statistics indicated that the subscribers increased from 191.9 million in October to 193.2 million in November.
The new addition did not impact Internet subscription, but the users, especially, via the narrowband, marginally increased by 77, 553, moving from 139.9 million to 140 million within the period.
From the data, broadband penetration rate remained low as well, as players in the sub-segment only added 168,027 new users to the networks.

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Telephone: FG Disconnects 2.2 Million Improperly Registered Mobile Lines - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 2
September 29, 2019
The Ministry of Communications said the FederalGovernment has blocked 2,277,311 improperly registered mobile telephone linesacross the country.
They were among the 9.2 million lines which theauthorities said earlier in the month to be improperly registered.
The ministry said 6,830,249 of the lines wererevalidated by September 25, the deadline of an ultimatum on theregularization of the lines.
The deactivation of the lines followed a directiveissued to the Nigeria Communications Commission by the Minister ofCommunications, Isa Pantami.
The Deputy Director Head Information Press and PRUnit of the ministry, Philomena Oshodin, said in a statement in Abuja that“Pantami has reiterated the need for all improperly registered SIM cards toremain blocked until they are properly registered.
The minister directed that “the profiles of personslinked to crime, aided and abetted by the use of SIM cards, should be promptlyprovided to the relevant security agencies when requested and a copy is sent tohim for monitoring.”

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Tennis Championship: Federation Challenges Players To Be Of Good Behaviour - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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November 9, 2021
He added that the Federation in collaboration VEMP is organising the third edition National Open Tennis Championship at the package-B of the Moshood Abiola National Stadium in Abuja.
Abulude said players are following the rules and regulations of the games and that anyone who lacks good character and discipline cannot succeed in any endeavour.
The Secretary General explained that the competition is going on smoothly, when play and lose the game, they have to leave so that the atmosphere will not be congested. According to him, a total of 128 players started the preliminary series on Friday.
He said 32 female and 64 males are participated in the main draw which started on Monday, adding that Friday is the semifinal matches while the final games will be played on Saturday to end the competition.

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Tennis Federation To Feature 5 Events In Last Quarter, Says President - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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October 14, 2021
Akindoju in an interview in Abuja, said that the international events were meant to enable the federation discover players that could feature at international level, as well as to improve the world ranking of Nigerian players.
The tennis president listed the remaining events of the year to include: the Dala hard court National Open Championship in Kano, from October 28 to November 6; the VEMP National Tennis Open Championship in Abuja, from November 4 to November 13.
There would also be the two-leg ITF World Tennis tour J5, two-week events from November 12 to November 30; while in december two events: the Rain Oil National Tennis Open, in Lagos from December 2 to December 11 and the Abuja Tennis Cup closed from December 13 to December 18 in Abuja, would round-off the federation’s 2021 calendar.

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Tennis: Men’s Doubles World No.1 Farah Out Of Australian Open - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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January 14, 2020
Colombian,Robert Farah, ranked world number one in men’s doubles, has withdrawn from theAustralian Open for personal reasons.
Canada-bornFarah won Wimbledon and the U.S. Open doubles titles with long-time partner andfellow Colombian Juan Sebastian Cabal.
Thepair, who made the 2018 doubles final at Melbourne Park and were awarded theATP’s doubles team of the year in 2019, had already pulled out of this week’sAdelaide International warmup event.
ATennis Australia spokeswoman said Farah’s decision to pull out was not injuryrelated. She added Cabal was expected to remain in Melbourne and play in thedoubles with another partner.
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Tennis: Serena’s Quest For Record-Equaling 24th Grand Slam Ends After Falling To Azarenka - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 01
September 12, 2020
The unseeded Belarusian fought back to overcome Williams, seeded third, 1-6, 6-3, 6-3 in 1hr 56min under the roof of Arthur Ashe Stadium.
Azarenka will now play Naomi Osaka of Japan in Saturday’s final. It will be the former world number one’s first appearance in the final of a tennis major since Williams beat her in the final of the US Open in 2013.

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Tenure: Buhari To Hand-Over 22,000mw Capacity Of Electricity By 2023 - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 4
December 14, 2022
Minister of Power, Abubakar Aliyu, stated this at the Presidential Scorecard of his Ministry in Abuja, an annual event where the various Ministries present their achievements to the media and the general public.
He added that the administration had embarked on several transformational projects to bequeath an additional 4,000 megawatts generating capacity to the existing megawatts.
Aliyu also noted that as part of the plans to achieve the 4,000 additional megawatts, the 700 megawatts Zungeru Hydro-Power Plant would be completed in the first quarter of 2023.
The Minister stressed that the administration would work toward operationalisation of the 240 megawatts Afam-3 and 300 megawatts Okpai Phase-2, among others.
According to him, there are on-going programmes with facilities and investments, secured at more than three billion dollars, to eliminate the gap between transmission capacity and supplied energy.

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Terror Alert: DSS Enjoins Nigerians To Take Necessary Precautions - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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October 24, 2022
DSS Spokesman Peter Afunanya in a statement in Abuja, said the agency had issued a similar advisory in the past and urged residents to remain alert and calm.
He however enjoined the populace to remain alert and assist security agencies with useful information regarding threats and suspicious criminal acts around them.
Afunanya said the service is working with other law enforcement agencies and stakeholders to maintain peace and order in and beyond Abuja.
The US Embassy security advisory alert issued on Sunday said targets for the attack may include government buildings, places of worship, schools, markets and shopping malls among others.

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Terror Alerts: Successful Hosting Of UNESCO Week Testament That Nigeria Is Safe – Lai Mohammed - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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October 28, 2022
The mMister said this on Friday in Abuja at the closing of the 2022 UNESCO Global Media and Information Literacy Week.
The week-long event declared open by President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday at the Presidential Villa was attended physically by 65 countries out of 193 UNESCO members while the others participated virtually.
Speaking at the closing session of the Week at the Transcorp Hilton Hotel, Mohammed said the hitch-free event was also an affirmation of the great efforts of the security forces in keeping residents of the capital city and the country at large, safe.
He said in spite the antics of terrorists who were continually plotting to
destabilise the nation’s peace and security, the military, and other security agencies are doing their best to keep the country safe for everyone.

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Terror Attack Warning: US, UK Travel Advisories Shouldn’t Cause Panic - Buhari - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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October 28, 2022
The President, in a statement issued Friday by his spokesman, Garba
Shehu, advised the nation’s security establishment and entire citizens to
continue being vigilant and careful with security.
Buhari, who said the travel advice was not an indication that there would
be attacks on the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, added that it was important to avoid panic as the security agents had been in charge of the situation since the July prison raid in Kuje.
President Buhari gave assurances that the government was on top of the
security situation in country.
He said while being security conscious, being alert and careful was crucial, it was also important that responsible members of the society do not create situations leading to unnecessary panic.
The President, who lauded the military and other security agencies for
the recent turn around in the nation’s security, directed that additional
precautionary measures be put in place and that these must not slacken
now, and during the upcoming festive period.
He further expressed optimism that given the on-going efforts on the
part of the military and other security and intelligence agencies with the
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Terror Links: Somali Military Court Jails 2 Foreigners - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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September 24, 2021
Chairman of the Military Court which sat in Mogadishu Hassan Ali Nur Shute, ruled that Darren Anthony Byrness, a 44-year-old Briton, and 34-year-old Ahmed Mustaqim Bin Abdulhamid, a Malaysian, will serve 15 years each in prison, Radio Mogadishu reported.
The Court also established that Byrness, who arrived in Somalia in 2010 worked with several al-Shabab leaders in Somalia to stage terror activities in the country and also planned terror attacks in France.
Shute said the court also found that Abdulhamid who joined the terror group in 2009 was involved in the insurgency in Galgaduud state against Ahlu Sunna Waljama’a, ASWJ, a moderate Islamic group.
The two foreigners who were involved in planning and intelligence gathering for the terror group had denied supporting the terror group in Somalia.
Shute said the two foreigners were arrested by Puntland security forces in 2019 while trying to cross into Yemen and were later transferred to Mogadishu to face terrorism charges.

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Terror War: Troops Uncover ISWAP Underground Armory In Sambisa Forest. - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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May 15, 2023
They discovered the armoury with arms and ammunition when they invaded Ukuba camp in the fringes of Bama local government area, as part of ongoing counter terrorists ‘Operation Desert Sanity II’.
The recovery is coming after the troops raided the same camp and recovered six anti-aircraft guns, four AK-47 rifles, several quantities of IEDs making materials, a cache of magazines, and a Hilux vehicle mounted with an Anti-Aircraft Gun.
A Counter-Insurgency Expert and Security Analyst in the Lake Chad region Zagazola Makama noted that the weapons were discovered in hidden dug pits concealed by the terrorists group.


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Terror War: Troops Uncover Iswap Underground Armory In Sambisa Forest - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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May 15, 2023
They discovered the armoury with arms and ammunition when they invaded Ukuba camp in the fringes of Bama local government area, as part of ongoing counter terrorists ‘Operation Desert Sanity II’.
The recovery is coming after the troops raided the same camp and recovered six anti-aircraft guns, four AK-47 rifles, several quantities of IEDs making materials, a cache of magazines, and a Hilux vehicle mounted with an Anti-Aircraft Gun.
A Counter-Insurgency Expert and Security Analyst in the Lake Chad region Zagazola Makama noted that the weapons were discovered in hidden dug pits concealed by the terrorists group.


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Terrorism: 3 Soldiers Killed, 8 Others Injured In Shootout In Borno - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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September 2, 2019
The Nigerian Army has said that three soldiers were killedand eight others injured during a shootout with the Boko Haram terrorists groupat Munguno in Borno State.
Army Public Relations, Acting Director, Colonel Saghir Musa,who confirmed this, however, said that the soldiers killed scores of theterrorists, while several of them escaped with gunshot injuries.
According to Musa, Troops of Sector-3, Operation LAFIYA DOLEattached to Super Camp Monguno, while on patrol dealt with Boko Haramterrorists along Monguno-Mairari-Gajiram axis.
The patrol team came in contact with the terrorists andengaged them with heavy volume of fire that neutralised countless number, whilea few escaped with gunshot wounds. The troops also recovered some weapons andequipment from the terrorists.
Meanwhile, the Nigerian Air Force said its Air Task Forcehas destroyed more terrorists’ camps and killed scores of Boko Haram terroristsat Yuwe ‘C’.� ֥@�T

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Terrorism: 6 Suspected Communist Rebels Killed In Southern Philippines - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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September 21, 2021
Military Spokesman Mayor Francisco Garello Jr, said the first gun battle erupted in the outskirts of Malaybalay City in Bukindon province, 847 kilometres south of Manila, on Monday, when troops swooped down on a suspected lair.
He added that five rebels were killed in the fighting, while troops recovered about a dozen high-powered firearms in the encampmentand that the sixth rebel was killed in a clash in a forested area in the nearby province of Agusan Del Norte on the same day. However, there were no reports of casualties on the military side.
The communist rebels have been fighting the government since late 1960s, making it one of the longest-running leftist insurgencies in Asia.
Peace talks between the Philippine government and the communist rebels ended in November 2017, and attacks by the guerrillas had continued unabated. But efforts to resume the negotiations have so far failed.

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Terrorism: 73 Soldiers Killed In Niger Republic Army Base Attack - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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December 12, 2019
Terrorist have killed about 73 soldiers in an attack on amilitary base in western Niger Republic.
The Army said twelve soldiers were also injured in theattack, describing the incident as the deadliest for several years in Inates.
Niger’s Republic Defence Minister, Issoufou Katambe said alarge number of terrorists had been neutralised.
No group has claimed responsibility of the killings yet, butfighters linked to the Islamic State group and Nigeria-based Boko Haram isactive in the area.
Katambe explained that there was a fierce battle in Inates,near the border with Mali, adding several terrorists attacked the base.
The attack came just days ahead of a summit in Francebetween President Emmanuel Macron and leaders of five West African leaders todiscuss security in the vast region.
Militant groups are active across the region and Niger Republic is a member of the G-5 Sahel group, along with Burkina Faso, Mali, Mauritania and Chad, which aims to tackle the insurgency.

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Terrorism: Abuja Court Sets September 17 For Arraignment Of 400 Sponsor Suspects - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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September 13, 2021
It was gathered that Justice Anwuli Chikere is expected to handle the
case.
It would also be recalled that the Presidency had in March stated the
arrest of the suspects, mostly Bureau De Change operators for
facilitating the transfer of money to Boko Haram terrorists.
Some Nigerians were said to be transferring the funds to the sect from
the United Arab Emirates, UAE in conjunction with the Bureau De
Change operators.
Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar
Malami, SAN had announced that arrangements had been concluded to
arraign the suspects who were arrested and interrogated by the State
Security Service, SSS.

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Terrorism: Arewa Leaders Caution FG On Repentant Boko Haram Members - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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August 18, 2021
The Forum also insisted that if the Boko Haram terrorists would be set free, then it befits the government to free all those in custody in any part of the country for one crime or another.
ACF National Chairman Audu Ogbeh, told journalists in Kaduna, that the terrorists, were bomb makers, commanders, arsonists, rapists, and kidnappers.
The group also expressed worried about those bombed in the Churches, Mosques, Schools, and Markets, as well as the men and women in uniform, murdered.
It also joined the Borno State Governor, the Shehu of Borno, and Nigerians in pondering over the development and advised that the repented terrorists be trial, or release others presently in custody anywhere.


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Terrorism: Army Says Troops Neutralise 7 Terrorists After Serious Battle - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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May 11, 2019
Troops and somemembers of Civilian JTF on clearance operation along the deserted Fuye andMelere villages in Borno state killed seven terrorists after a battle with themat Gulwa.
The Acting DirectorArmy Public Relations, Colonel Sagir Musa who confirmed the incident in astatement, said seven rifles and other items were recovered from theterrorists.
According to Musa,there was no casualty on the part of the soldiers or Civilian JTF.


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Terrorism: At Least Five Dead, Several Abducted In Fresh Attacks On Communities In Niger State - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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February 3, 2022
In addition, an unknown number of persons were kidnapped during the
attack.
The attack occurred yesterday, Wednesday at about 2pm, according to
reports.
This week has been a carnage in Niger State’s Shiroro, Munya, and
Paikoro Local Governments.
At least 20 people were slain in Shiroro Local Government’s Galkogo
village on Sunday. A day before, a similar massacre occurred in Paikoro
Local Government, killing at least 18 people and injuring many more.
Communities invaded in yesterday’s attack include: Kazai Kadara,
Kazai Gwari, Dnakpara, Kamache, Kabulai in Munya Local
Government Area.
According to local sources, while the corpses were being buried in
Kabulai, the terrorists emerged with a new round of attacks, hauling
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Terrorism: Boko Haram Kills 3 In Chibok Village Attacks - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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January 7, 2020
BokoHaram terrorists killed three men and looted lots of bicycles in Chibok villageof Borno State.
Residentssaid the insurgents walked into Bila-Amboldar village when residents wereasleep and set the houses on fire.
Theattackers purportedly shot at fleeing men in the pandemonium, killing twobrothers, James Kwakwi and Mutah Kwakwi as well as a third person, YusufYakubu.
Aresident, Mana Bila said the terrorists walked to the village after hidingtheir motorcycles at a nearby Makalama village, which had been desolatedfollowing multiple attacks. She added that the attackers also carted away overtwenty motorcycles and other valuables from the houses.
Theleader of Chibok Girls’ Parents Association, Yakubu Nkenki lamented that thetown is in a mourning mood, while calling on the Federal Government to improvesecurity to protect soft targets.

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Terrorism: Chadian Defence Chief Hails Joint Task Force On War - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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September 13, 2021
He gave the commendation when the Force Commander, Major General Abdul-Khalifah Ibrahim, paid him a courtesy visit in continuation of his consultative engagement with the military hierarchies of the Troops` Contributing Countries, TCC.
The Chief of Military Public Information for the Task Force, Colonel Mohammad Dole, announced this in a statement in N’djamena, Chad.
The Chadian Defence Chief however, restated his readiness for continuous support to the Joint Task Force in its efforts to clear the Lake Chad islands and environs of the remnants of the terrorists. He also called for effective collaboration among all sectors, to ensure that they succeed in the fight against insurgency in the sub-region.
Earlier, the Force Commander, Major General Ibrahim, solicited the support and direction of the Daoud in addressing some observed challenges in the field. He however expressed pleasure for the conducive and secured environment in which the Joint Task Force headquarters was diligently working to achieve its mandates.
In same vein, Ibrahim on a visit to the Headquarters, Joint Task Force, North-East Operation Hadin Kai in Maiduguri, also solicited for more synergy between the Joint Task Force and the theatre command.


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Terrorism: FG Vows To Clamp Down On Individuals Profiting From Insecurity - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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June 17, 2022
Buhari, who spoke at the Passing-Out-Parade of the Cadets of the fourth Regular Course of the Nigeria Police Academy in Wudil, Kano state, noted that his administration would continue to demonstrate zero tolerance for crime and criminality, charging the police to rise to the occasion.
He stressed the need to develop a policy on cyber warfare with strategic focus on the prevention of cyber-attacks against critical national infrastructure, minimising national vulnerability to cyber-attacks and minimising damage and recovery time from cyber-attacks.
The President pointed out that the government had made progress with regards to stemming the tide of communal violence, farmers-herdsmen clashes, cattle rustling and kidnapping across the North-Central and North-West of the country.
On his part, Commandant of the Academy, AIG AbdurRahman Ahmad said the institution had boosted the Nigeria Police Force and the security workforce of the nation with 1,748 officers in addition to the 205 that just passed out via presidential commissioning.


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Terrorism Fight: MNJTF Commander Advocates Focused, Proactive Global Alliance - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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February 21, 2022
He gave the advice during the send-off in honour of the Commander, Liaison and Support Team, MNJTF, Lieutenant Colonel Segolene Hobson of the British Army on the occasion of her successful completion of tour of duty in N’djamena.
Chief of Military Public Information for MNJTF, Colonel Muhammad Dole, made this known in a statement in N’djamena Chad.
Ibrahim noted that such global alliance and collaboration would open opportunities to explore common goals and aspirations in the fight against terror and speedily end terrorism in the Lake Chad region. He commended Hobson for her outstanding performance and commitment to promoting cooperation and mutual support between the MNJTF, Centre for Coordination and Liaison and operation TURUS.
Similarly, the Force Commander also hailed the outgoing Chief Military Intelligence Officer (J2), Colonel I.M. Kabir of the Nigerian Army, for his deep analysis of information and near-perfect projections.

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Terrorism Fight: Seven Children Killed In Niger 'By Nigerian Air Strike' - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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February 21, 2022
Nigeria and Niger republic have been conducting joint military operations against armed gangs and terrorists in the border regions.
A local Governor and state media reports that seven children were killed in Niger republic in an air strike by the Nigerian army targeting terrorists.
Governor of Niger’s Maradi region told journalists that five more were hurt in the accidental strike.
Governor Chaibou Aboubacar confirmed that four were killed instantly and three died on their way to hospital. State TV said the attack happened in Nachade village.
He added that the victims’ parents were attending a ceremony and the children were probably playing when the air strikes hit them.
Aboubacar believed that the planes were targeting “armed bandits” in areas around the border between the two countries but missed their target and hit Nachade, a village in the area of Madarounfa.
The children’s deaths come just three months after 26 children aged five and six died in a fire at a school in Maradi city.


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Terrorism Financing: 96 Persons, 424 Supporters, 123 Companies, 33 Forex Suppliers Identified - FG - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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February 3, 2022
This was disclosed by Minister of Information and Culture, Lai
Mohammed, during a press conference on the administration’s fight
against corruption in Abuja on Thursday.
He said the administration through the Nigerian Financial Intelligence
Unit has identified 424 associates/supporters of the financiers as well as
123 companies and 33 Bureaux de Change, which aid and abet terrorism
financing.
The Minister said the feat was achieved between 2020 and 2021,
signifying the seriousness of the administration’s fight against
corruption.
He also praised the effort of the administration in identifying and
plugging loopholes of financial haemorrhage and gave the
administration a pass mark for the high recovery of slush funds and
convictions of looters of public funds by its anti-graft agencies in recent
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Terrorism Financing: Magu Calls For Inter-Agency Collaboration To Combat Corruption - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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May 31, 2019
TheActing Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, IbrahimMagu has called for the strengthening of inter-agency collaboration, as anessential ingredient needed in effectively combating corruption and terroristfinancing in the country.
Hemade the call at the Inter-Agency Cooperation and Coordination Seminar, whichheld at the Army War College, Abuja, as part of the eight-month study programmefor 66 senior officers of the Nigerian Army.
Magu,who was represented by a Director with the EFCC,Chidi Chukwuka Boniface,further called on other agencies and bodies such as the Central Bank ofNigeria, to curb inflow of foreign currency.
Hefurther stressed the need for all agencies in the country, to salvage thecountry from the grips of corruption, stressing that, “there is the need tofight corruption with total commitment and dedication as this is the only viablealternative available to us to move from where we are to a stable society.


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Terrorism Financing: Newspaper Publisher Writes AGF, Demands Retraction. - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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March 28, 2024
This was contained in a letter dated March 25, 2024, written on Mamu’s behalf by his lawyer and addressed to the Attorney General of the Federation.
According to the letter, a seven-day ultimatum was given for the retraction of the publication to prevent litigation against the Federal Government.


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Terrorism: GOC Says 8,000 Boko Haram Have Surrendered In Nort-East - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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September 22, 2021
Eyitayo, who is also the Commander, Sector-1, Operation Hadin Kai, announced this during a visit by the Director, Army Public Relations, Brigadier General Onyema Nwachukwu and a team of Defence Correspondents form Abuja in Maiduguri, Borno state.
He added that the surrender by the repentant terrorists was a welcome development, adding that, the overwhelming fire power of the troops was responsible. According to him, one of the reasons they are surrendering in droves is the overwhelming fire power from the troops.
The GOC however warned that a time would come that the window of surrender would no longer be available, urging the sympathisers of the terrorists to encourage them to come out. He also added that whoever supported the enemies of the state would also be treated as an enemy by the state forces.
Earlier, the Director, Army Public Relations, Onyema Nwachukwu said the media tour was part of efforts to counter the wrong narratives and apprehensions generated by  recent surrenders of the terrorists.

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Terrorism: IOM Aids North East Communities With Water, Infrastructure - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 4
April 11, 2019
The United Nations, UN International Organisation for Migration says it is supporting some communities in war-ravaged North-East Nigeria with water and other basic infrastructure, to help in resettling displaced residents.
A statement by the organisation’s Nigeria Head of Sub-office, Dave Bercasio, said access to water would help displaced indigenes and residents of communities that had been under the death-grip of insurgency.
He recounted the difficult experience people in some of the communities go through to access water. He said that his organisation had intervened to provide some succour for the residents.
The official said that about seven point one million people in the North-East were in dire need of humanitarian assistance. He added that the Korean Ambassador had donated seven point five million dollars to support humanitarian efforts in Borno State in 2018.


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Terrorism: IOM AIDS North East Communities With Water, Infrastructure - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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April 11, 2019
The United Nations, UN International Organisation for Migration says it is supporting some communities in war-ravaged North-East Nigeria with water and other basic infrastructure, to help in resettling displaced residents.
A statement by the organisation’s Nigeria Head of Sub-office, Dave Bercasio, said access to water would help displaced indigenes and residents of communities that had been under the death-grip of insurgency.
He recounted the difficult experience people in some of the communities go through to access water. He said that his organisation had intervened to provide some succour for the residents.
The official said that about seven point one million people in the North-East were in dire need of humanitarian assistance. He added that the Korean Ambassador had donated seven point five million dollars to support humanitarian efforts in Borno State in 2018.


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Terrorism: M23 Rebels Announce Withdrawal From Eastern Dr Congo Villages - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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April 11, 2022
Sources said fighting between the rebels and soldiers flared up Wednesday after many days of calm, and rebels from the M23 took control of around a dozen villages in Rutshuru territory in North Kivu province.
The group in a statement stated that they took the “decision to withdraw, once more, from its newly-won positions to allow for its concerns to be addressed through open and fruitful dialogue with the government” of Democratic Republic of the Congo.
It added that the M23 never had the intention to capture areas to run them, our only motivation is the peaceful resolution of the crisis. But it was not confirmed whether the withdrawal from around a dozen villages had taken place.
The Rebels also said it intended to hand over all soldiers from the national army captured on the frontline to the International Committee of the Red Cross for proper care.


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TERRORISM: Many Killed In Mali Attack - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Iliya Auta
July 3, 2020
Unknown gunmen on motorbikes killed 27 civilians in Mali’s central region of Mopti, when they attacked ethnic Dogon farming villages close to the border with Burkina Faso.
Eyewitnesses said the gunmen came from a neighbouring Fulani town.
Tit-for-tat attacks between the two communities have intensified over the last year fuelled by the perception that terrorist’s groups have sheltered in and have recruited from Fulani villages.
After briefly seizing the north of the country in 2012, the groups have become increasingly active in central Mali, which has fuelled inter-communal violence.
In another development, Algeria has conditionally released a key protest movement leader, Karim Tabbou, and three other activists ahead of the country’s Independence Day. He was released alongside activists Amira Bouraoui and Samir Benlarbi.
Tabbou is one of the most prominent figures of the “Hirak” movement that forced the downfall last April of longtime President Abdelaziz Bouteflika. He was jailed for an “attack on the integrity of national territory” and was serving a one-year jail term.

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Terrorism: Militants' Killed Nine In Burkina Faso's Villages Attack - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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September 23, 2019
Suspected militants have attacked two villages in Burkina Faso, killingnine people.
Security sources said that the attacks took place near Bourzanga in thenorth of the country and some of the victims were killed in the fields wherethey were farming.
Earlier this month at a summit in the capital of Burkina Faso,Ouagadougou, West African leaders announced one billion dollar fund to fightthe growing threat of jihadist violence in the region.
Officials say in the past four years, there have been more than twothousand attacks that have killed more than eleven thousand people anddisplaced millions.

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Terrorism: Militants Targeting More Children In Niger - Amnesty - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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September 13, 2021
A report by the Human rights group noted that the conflict in the Tillaberi region, which borders Mali and Burkina Faso, is having a shocking impact.
It added that over 500 civilians died between 1 January and 29 July this year from conflicts in the region, above the 397 people killed in 2020 and that about 60 children have been killed by armed groups in the tri-border area.
According to Amnesty, One terrorist group linked to al-Qaeda (JNIM) has intensified its efforts to recruit boys to its ranks, adding that the group lures young boys aged between 15 and 17 by using incentives such as food, money, and clothes. It noted that hundreds of schools in the Tillaberi region have been closed as a result of the violence.
The report however, accuses Niger’s republic security forces of not only failing to protect civilians, but also themselves committing abuses.


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Terrorism: Military Will Not Allow Foreigners Overrun Nigeria – Theatre Commander - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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September 23, 2021
He stated this in an interview with reported in Maiduguri, Borno state noting that ISWAP terrorist group was a foreign terrorist organisation being sponsored by foreigners with some local collaboration, adding that the terrorists that were refusing to surrender belonged to ISWAP.
According to him, ISWAP is a foreign terrorist organisation that is funded by foreign individuals and probably some locals but mostly foreign and then they have foreign leadership which means they have not stake in Nigeria.
The Theatre Commander however noted that the military had advised the governments on the need to adopt the system of involving the victims in dialogue on the handling of the surrendered terrorists. He  also added that the government must ensure that the victims were not left out, saying that people should be assured that the proper processes would be followed without compromise.

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Terrorism: NAFDAC, NCTC Forge Collaboration - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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June 12, 2023
Resident media consultant to NAFDAC, Sayo Akintola, in a statement, said the two agencies made the commitment when the Director General of NAFDAC, Mojisola Adeyeye led a delegation on a visit to the NCTC headquarters in Abuja.
She explained that the visit was to strengthen the working partnership between the two agencies that have similar interests in the fight against drug abuse, chemical misuse and alcoholism, stressing that they have been identified as major contributors to acts of terrorism in Nigeria.
Also, the National Coordinator of NCTC, Rear Admiral Yaminu Musa, noted that this is the right time for the two agencies to review previous activities and to re-strategize and inform the new government on areas that needed further push- whether it is policy push or strategy categorization of plans.


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Terrorism: Niger Republic Military Base Attack Leaves 25 Soldiers Dead - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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January 10, 2020
The Republic of Niger’s Army says a military camp wasattacked by suspected militants, killing about twenty-five soldiers and morethan 60 assailants.
The attack, which took place on an Army outpost in WesternNiger Republic a few kilometers from the border with Mali, comes just daysahead of a summit in France with West African leaders to assess militaryoperations in the Sahel region.
It is close to where 71 soldiers were killed just a monthago, in an attack later claimed by the Islamic State Group affiliate in theregion.
Militants linked to al-Qaeda are also present in the area,while the Boko Haram group is active on the country’s south-easternborder.
Initial reports indicate that French and American partnermilitary forces quickly intervened, using air power to help the army fight offthe militants.
In another development, the governing ABC party in Lesothohas asked Prime Minister, Thomas Thabane to resign over allegations that he wasinvolved in the murder of his estranged wife two years ago. The allegationswere made by Lesotho’s police commissioner Holomo Molibeli in Court documentsthis week.

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Terrorism: Nigeria, Brazil Strengthen Ties To Boost Economy, Counter Insecurity - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 2
December 11, 2019
Nigeria’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama hassaid that Nigeria will strengthen bi-lateral ties with Brazil, to boost itseconomy through increased trade relations, agricultural initiatives, multi-lateralism,and insecurity.
Onyeama, made this known in Abuja, when he received the BrazilianExternal Relations Minister of Brazil, Ernesto Aranjo, who is on a workingvisit to Nigeria.
Onyeama, who said that both countries had a lot in common,added that Nigeria would leverage on the expertise of Brazil to grow theeconomies of both countries.
Also speaking, Aranjo said that Brazil seeks to have strongand new engagements with Nigeria on the basic pillars of Economic, Trade and Investment,in the area of Defense and Security and on human connection and values.
He expressed his conviction on the realization of the setpillars between both countries within a short time-frame.

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Terrorism: Report Confirms Killing Of 1,192 Kaduna Residents In 2021 - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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February 2, 2022
Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, presented the report to Governor Nasir El-Rufai and other government officials, on Tuesday, in Kaduna at the Government House Executive Council Chamber. It added that 13,788 cows were also rustled.
According to the report, 182 cases of farm were destroyed either by cattle, under the watch of itinerant herders, or herds rustled by bandits.
It said the destruction was visible especially in Birnin-Gwari, Giwa, Igabi, Chikun, Kajuru, Jema’a, Kaura, Kauru and Zangon Kataf local government areas.
The report also noted that 50 children were among those killed, as 1,038 were men and 104 were women.

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Terrorism: Rights Groups Says Egypt Executes Seven Militants - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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March 14, 2022
It was gathered that three of them were found guilty of taking part in an attack at Helwan in the suburbs of Cairo in 2016 which killed eight policemen and the other four were convicted of killing police officers in earlier attacks.
Egypt has handed down hundreds of death sentences in recent years.
Human rights organisations noted that not only Islamists but a range of opponents of President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi have been targeted.
In another development, many Masai people have volunteered to leave their homes in Tanzania’s Ngorongoro Conservation Area, NCA after the government asked the pastoralists to relocate because the rising human population was putting pressure on wildlife. It was learnt that about 450 people from 86 households have expressed their intention to move.
Prime Minister Kassim Majaliwa, who addressed over 350 Maasai elders, also known as Laigwanans on Friday, said President Samia Suluhu had expressed her deep concern for the fate of the area, which received Unesco’s Global Geopark status in 2018.


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Terrorism: Rwanda Parades 57 Suspected Rebels Arrested In DR- Congo - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 4
July 18, 2020
The Rwanda Investigations Bureau, RIB has paraded, through the streets, 57 suspected rebels recently arrested in the jungles of the neighbouring Democratic Republic of the Congo, DRC.
Acting Spokesperson of the Bureau, Dominique Bahorera shortly after they were brought before journalists in the Rwandan capital Kigali, said the suspects, arrested by the DR- Congo military, were accused of terrorism and formation of armed groups to destabilise Rwanda.
However, the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda and the Rwandan Movement for Democratic Change, Bahorera said they belonged to different terror groups based in DR-Congo, such as the National Liberation Front, FLN.
The terrorists were handed over to Rwanda in the framework of security cooperation between the two countries, according to the RIB.
The Rwanda Investigations Bureau, RIB has paraded, through the streets, 57 suspected rebels recently arrested in the jungles of the neighbouring Democratic Republic of the Congo, DRC.
Acting Spokesperson of the Bureau, Dominique Bahorera shortly after they were brought before journalists in the Rwandan capital Kigali, said the suspects, arrested by the DR- Congo military, were accused of terrorism and formation of armed groups to destabilise Rwanda.
However, the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda and the Rwandan Movement for Democratic Change, Bahorera said they belonged to different terror groups based in DR-Congo, such as the National Liberation Front, FLN.
The terrorists were handed over to Rwanda in the framework of security cooperation between the two countries, according to the RIB.
It would be recalled that, last year, the DR- Congo and regional countries met to deal with the armed groups operating in Congo, which have been threatening the security of the region for decades.
It would be recalled that, last year, the DR- Congo and regional countries met to deal with the armed groups operating in Congo, which have been threatening the security of the region for decades.